Various immigrant rights’ supporters held a celebration of Zamora’s effort on Saturday and brought him food trays and various dishes.

Rich Pellegrino, director of the Cobb Immigrant Alliance, stated in a release, “The hunger strike succeeded beyond all expectations in attracting the attention and support of people from all over Georgia, the nation and the world, who, inspired by the sacrifice of the hunger strikers, committed to offer their own sacrifices for this cause of human and immigrant rights.”

After delivering a letter to Gov. Nathan Deal’s office in August, Zamora said he would not stop his hunger strike until he had a meeting with Deal. However, he never heard from Deal’s office and the governor’s communications staff never responded to Patch’s email and phone inquiries about a possible meeting between the two.

Pellegrino stated this announcement from the Obama administration is “an encouraging first step towards Comprehensive Immigration Reform at the federal level and the dismantling of misguided state laws like HB87.”

Zamora and Altamirano have plans to bring their message to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in hopes that they can find allies there.

Additionally, the duo and their supporters will continue delivering information to immigrants about the new law, and are orchestrating more demonstrations across the country, Altamirano explained.

“We will continue with the pro-immigrant movement and look for ways to continue sending the message to American society…We will continue looking for more people to start a hunger strike in a different state,” said Altamirano.